This chair was used by John Kay, the inventor of the flying shuttle. He was born at Rothwell's of the Park, Walmersley, Bury in 1704. In 1733 Kay invented the wheel shuttle (Flying Shuttle ...

Innovations in textiles were one of the main sources of the industrial revolution - among them John kay's flying shuttle. The Lancashire cotton industry changed the world - made the modern economy ...

Only later does their real significance become apparent. The flying shuttle, invented in 1733 by John Kay, a British weaver, allowed the production of wider pieces of cloth. Because its movement ...